Popcorn
Popcorn: put it on your calendar
The Popcorn Festival is the start to the new fundraising year. Here is a fun infographic of some of the basic information.
For ease of adding this information to your e-calendar, I repeat the key information here. Sunday, August 13, 2017, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm, at Camp Belzer, 6102 Boy Scout Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46226. More information at here..
Popcorn Wrap up
Just a few quick thoughts with popcorn ending:
- Make sure all your scouts turned in the forms for sales. Marilyn Lopez, Field Director for Western Section of CAC, reports that every year 50-60 scouts fail to turn theirs in.
- After all product return, we are $17,000 in hole. This means that we have inventory yet to sell.
- If your unit still has product orders that are not covered, there will be product Cash n’ Carry sales at Belzer on the following dates:
| November 11 | Last Day to Transfer Popcorn |
| November 16-19 | Sort/Distribute at Warehouses |
| November 29 | Cash ‘n Carry at Camp Belzer |
| December 2 | Final Payment Due |
| December 6 | Cash ‘n Carry at Camp Belzer |
| December 13 | Cash ‘n Carry at Camp Belzer |
| December 20 | Cash ‘n Carry at Camp Belzer |
So please help us sell this excess inventory by participating in these Cash ‘n Carry dates.
For more information see http://www.crossroadsbsa.org/BSA160page157.php.
Popcorn Sales Troubleshooting
In the next couple days, we will post an article on foreseeable problems in popcorn sales. I do not have the full information available at this moment. Watch this website for the article. It will be posted as soon as I get the information. I apologize for the tease now, but I thought you would want to know.
One example that I have heard is that the new popcorn app will add an order for popcorn to be delivered later if the scout does not mark the popcorn sale as already fulfilled. This will require the Popcorn Kernel to need to verify all future deliveries are correct before submitting the final order to avoid excessive fulfillment.
Popcorn 2016 Update #2
From District Popcorn Kernel Tom Petersen:
2016 Popcorn Sale
Below are some highlights of the 2016 Popcorn Sale!
Important Dates:
August 1st- Online Sales Begin
White Chocolatey Pretzels
Chocolatey Caramel Crunch
August 28th- Initial Orders Due
September 17th- Popcorn Sale Begins
September 17th-25th – Blitz Week
October 23rd- Popcorn Sale Ends
November 1st- Final Order and Prize Order Due
December 2nd- Final Payment Due
*A more detailed calendar will be provided at a later date
What’s New in 2016!
Theme:
The 2016 Popcorn sale will have a Space/Star Wars theme. This is something that the Scouts can get excited about and will keep them engaged in the sale. This theme should be used at your Kickoff Party to get the boys excited about the sale.
Two Week Blitz:
There will be a two week blitz from September 17th to September 25th to kick off the sale. A Scout that sells $350 in that two weeks will receive a pop-up lantern. If they sell $450 in those two weeks they will also receive a Foamstrike Switchblade Boomerang. Sales for this blitz DO NOT have to be take order but can be any type of sale. You will have product in hand during the Blitz!
Product line:
The product for the 2016 sale will be very similar to last year. The only new product this year will be Chocolatey Caramel Crunch. Two products will be offered in Tins this year. Both White Chocolatey Pretzels and Chocolatey Caramel Crunch will be offered in tins.
Things to Focus On
Here are things that you should be focusing on now to prepare for the Popcorn Sale:
· Fill out the online commitment form on the council website (http://tinyurl.com/2016PCF)
· Recruit Unit popcorn Kernels if needed
· Complete Unit Individual Sales Plan with District Kernel or District Executive (https://247scouting.com/web/BSA160/attachment/document_14637657300_2938.pdf)
Complete details can be found on the Council popcorn page (http://crossroadsbsa.org/popcorn)
Selling popcorn is a simple and efficient way to fund your Unit’s activities.
If you have questions, please contact me.
Tom Petersen
North Star District Popcorn Kernel
thomas.w.petersen@outlook.com
2016 Popcorn Preview
From Tom Petersen the District Popcorn Kernel:
2016 Popcorn Sale – Save the Dates!
The school year is almost over and summer camp is just around the corner. This is a perfect time to start planning for your Unit’s 2016 Popcorn sale.
Here are the critical dates to help you mark your calendar.
Important 2016 Popcorn Sale Dates:
- August 1st- Online Sales Begin
- August 28th- Initial Orders Due
- September 17th- Popcorn Sale Begins
- September 17th-25th – Blitz Week (Note: This blitz will NOT be limited to take orders only. Any type of sale will count.)
- October 23rd- Popcorn Sale Ends
- November 1st- Final Order and Prize Order Due
- December 2nd- Final Payment Due
Stay tuned, a more detailed calendar will be provided at a later date.
Selling popcorn is a simple and efficient way to fund your Unit’s activities.
If you have questions, please contact me.
Tom Petersen
North Star District Popcorn Kernel
thomas.w.petersen@outlook.com
2015 Popcorn sales thank you
To have a smooth run popcorn sale requires hard work, organization, and a
team effort.
I would like to take a moment to thank our North Star District
Popcorn Kernels (and assistants) for their commitment of time, dedication to
the program, and hard work! From the very start our unit kernels
demonstrated this by making North Star’s Popcorn kickoff/training one of the
best attended in years. We had representation from nearly every unit in
attendance!
During the sale, our popcorn distributions were near perfect
due to the large number of motivated volunteers that turned out to help sort
and load orders.
Finally, due to the remarkable organizational skills of
our unit kernels, North Star District was the first district in the Council
to have all popcorn funds submitted!
When you encounter your unit’s Popcorn
Kernel (or assistants) please join me in offering them thanks in recognition
of their exceptional efforts during the popcorn sale this year.
North Star Unit Popcorn Kernels and Assistants
Crew 69 Denise Purdie Andrews
Crew 408 Mick Witte
Pack 18 Suzanne Lincoln
Pack 18 Cindy Hallberg
Pack 35 Sarah Hargis
Pack 64 Kit Williams
Pack 84 Marilee Rahn
Pack 84 Marilyn Langston
Pack 84 Jeff Long
Pack 105 Tucker Herbold
Pack 105 Teresa Arens
Pack 174 Ed Spahr
Pack 175 Matt Hibbeln
Pack 179 Devon Harmon
Pack 179 Rachell Laucevicius
Pack 358 Tom Rude
Pack 358 Jenny Beyer
Pack 514 Todd Sanger
Pack 514 David Paul
Pack 625 Jennifer Davis
Pack 625 Tia Bell
Pack 625 Pati Allison
Pack 830 Brian DeaKyne
Pack 830 Ed Stehno
Pack 830 Bill Buchalter
Troop 56 Rebecca Zirnheld
Troop 56 John Blue
Troop 69 Mark Reasoner
Troop 73 Doug Petry
Troop 269 Ann Salima
Troop 343 Andrew Himebaugh
Troop 514 Leah Roggeman
Troop 804 Niki Parker
Troop 804 Jill Williams
Sincerely
Tom Petersen
North Star District Popcorn Kernel
National Guard Thank You for Popcorn 2015
Brigadier General Ronald Westfall, Chief and Director of the Joint Staff of the Indiana National Guard, visited University of Scouting 2016 to offer his thank you to the Crossroads of America Council’s scouts for their donation of 20 palettes of popcorn worth $85,000. Listen to General Westfall’s comments.
Popcorn report
On January 4, 2016, our District Executive Con Sullivan reported that North Star District was the only district to have its popcorn accounts payable paid in full!
Congratulations to our unit Popcorn Kernals and to our District Popcorn Kernal Tom Petersen for making that happen.
Zionsville Scouts Teach Country about Popcorn Sales
Nick and Sam from Zionsville and Troop 69 and Pack 358 are the stars of new videos. They teach scouts about popcorn sales and how it is done.
Crossroads of America Council Development Director Leslie Anderson said, “I am so proud of Nick & Sam (from Zionsville) as the co-hosts of the Trail’s End TV popcorn segments. These are released to every user that has an account in Trail’s End across the whole nation!”
Crossroads of America Council Scout Executive Patrick Sterrett got straight to the point, “Very cool! I love those kids!!!”
Take a look at all of the videos so that you know why Council is so proud of our District’s Nick and Sam.
There is rumor of Guiness Book of World Record attempt and coverage by Fox 59 on October 17th. Stay tuned to this blog for more details.
Popcorn pickup Friday, Sept 18
Remember, this Friday, popcorn will be available for pick up and use in show-and-sale.
We are ending the second week of the “Popcorn Take Order Sales Blitz”! Encourage your Scouts to try to make the $350 goal in the next few days to earn the iTunes gift card. Remind your parents that they must submit a copy of their Scout’s sales sheet by 5pm on 9/21/15. See the following link for more details.
